alt Hacker News> We don’t know what would have happened in a counterfactual scenario where the popular vote mattered in 2016
You can’t brag about his popular vote for one election then disregard it for another. He lost if by a lot more in 2016 than he won it by in 2024. Both elections were decided by the electoral college and the popular votes we are comparing both happened in that context. 2.7% margin vs. 0.5% is a stark difference.
Republicans had the stones to call his victory margin “a mandate” yet they would never say Hillary Clinton had one. You’re playing funny with numbers here.
My post was responding to someone who expressed skepticism in U.S. elections. I wasn’t “bragging” about anything, I was pointing out that elections work. I mentioned the popular vote only to preempt a counterpoint from people who don’t like the EC.